Reply #63: A recent suit about students, schools, and cyberspace [View All]

[tonysam]

is here:

A former Douglas High School student expelled and arrested after he allegedly issued threats over MySpace is suing the school district in federal court.

According to a lawsuit filed Oct. 23 in U.S. District Court by Jeffrey Blanck on behalf of Landon Wynar, the Douglas County School District violated Wynar's First Amendment rights.

“When you're at home at night, you have a first amendment right to communicate with your friends,” Blanck said Monday. “This was a case of young teenagers talking to each other, and whether the conversation was appropriate or inappropriate, it wasn't a crime.”

According to the lawsuit, Wynar was 16 when arrested on Feb. 7, 2008. The lawsuit claims Wynar was incarcerated for 32 days, and interrogated without the consent of his attorney or with a parent present.

More